From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/595884/what-is-the-smallest-size-of-bytes-that-you-can-store-a-timestamp

compact-timestamp.c

unsigned short timestamp = <some value>; // Bits: DDDDDHHHHHMMMMMM

int day = (timestamp >> 11) & 0x1F;
int hour = (timestamp >> 6) & 0x1F;
int min = (timestamp) & 0x3F;

unsigned short dup_timestamp = (short)((day << 11) | (hour << 6) | min);


// Alternative using macros
#define DAY(x)    (((x) >> 11) & 0x1F)
#define HOUR(x)   (((x) >> 6)  & 0x1F)
#define MINUTE(x) ((x)         & 0x3F)
#define TIMESTAMP(d, h, m) ((((d) & 0x1F) << 11) | (((h) & 0x1F) << 6) | ((m) & 0x3F)